BR1-10: The Monkey King

I read this book “The Monkey King”. This story is a traditional Chinese tale. Chinese people have been telling it for much longer. Chinese thinks that monkey is the cleverest animal.

The main character was Monkey. He was the king of the monkeys, and he was not a good king. He caused many many trouble!! People prayed to Heaven for help. But the Emperor and the Empress couldn’t manage that Monkey. Empress asked Buddha to help. He was the most powerful lord in Heaven. Buddha said “If you can leap further than my hand, I will make you Emperor of Heaven.” The Monkey thought that it was easy. He took a huge leap, and landed beside five tall pink pillars. He wrote a message there. He thought that he won, but he didn’t win. He was in Buddle’s hand all the time. Finally the Monkey was buried under a huge mountain by Buddle.

Have you heard this story? I have heard this story before. I thought that it is similar to Saiyuuki. The Monkey may be Songoku. The Monkey was silly. So Buddle gave him punishment. I thought that he should get carried away…

Dichins, R. (2007). The Monkey King. America: Usborne Young Reading Ltd.

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